Prosecutor's Office for Organized Crime

The Commission strongly regrets that we mark 17th anniversary since the death of our colleague Milan Pantic without reaching justice, despite the fact that serious efforts were taken into finding the killers and their masterminds who should face with deserved punishment.

This is the result of a joint operation by the Serbian and Spanish police.

Ivanovic was shot dead from a moving car on January 16, in northern Kosovska Mitrovica. According to reports, this car was later found torched near the scene.

Rebic added that since being owned by the Serb - who is deceased - the vehicle was subsequently sold several times, and that the police were trying to find out who the last owner was.

B92 learned this on Tuesday.

The group was charged with abuses committed during the 2005 sale of state-owned shares in the Port of Belgrade (Luka Beograd) company to Luxembourg-based Worldfin, whose owner is businessman Milan Beko.

Beko, who also followed the closing arguments of the prosecution and of the defense, was in the courtroom today for the reading of the verdict.

Newly appointed Serbian organized crime prosecutor Mladen Nenadic has over from Miljko Radisavljevic.

Tanjug said it learned this from the Prosecutor's Office for Organized Crime on Monday.

BELGRADE - The Special Court in Belgrade Wednesday sentenced 20 members of a "traffic mafia" to between five months and seven and a half years in prison for causing huge losses to insurance providers by defrauding them with false insurance claims.

Slobodan Knezic, organizer of the criminal group, was given a concurrent sentence of seven years and six months in prison.

Court sends 20 members of "Traffic Mafia" to prison

BELGRADE -- The Special Court in Belgrade on Wednesday sentenced 20 members of the so-called "Traffic Mafia" to between five months and 7.5 years in prison.

They were accused and found guilty of causing "huge losses to insurance providers by defrauding them with false insurance claims."

BELGRADE - The Court of Appeal in Belgrade confirmed an indictment against four members of the former State Security Service (DB) accused of murdering Slavko Curuvija, journalist and owner of Belgrade-based daily Dnevni Telegraf, in 1999.

This decision rejected an appeal of the accused and rendered the indictment legally valid, and the trial should start soon.

Former minister indicted on fraud charges

BELGRADE -- The Prosecutor's Office for Organized Crime has raised an indictment against former Serbian Telecommunications Minister Jasna Matic and her aides.

They are suspected of embezzling budget funds through frauds in the Serbia Investment and Export Promotion Agency (SIEPA).

Ćuruvija case probe to be complete in one month

BELGRADE -- Veran Matić expects an additional probe that is part of the investigation into the murder of Slavko Ćuruvija be completed in one month.